Chelsea News

Most of the twisters are minor, causing property damage of less than $50,000. Yet, severe - and in some cases deadly - tornadoes touch down here occasionally.

According to the National Weather Service, a tornado touched down in Revere and Chelsea on Monday morning.

A shopper examines produce in a Market Basket grocery store in Chelsea, Mass., on July 22. Shelves in some Market Basket locations have gone empty as deliveries have been delayed by ongoing protests by employees.

The cinder block fortress known as King Arthur's Motel and Lounge has long been a kind of unofficial wild west for Greater Boston, the site of murders, a legendary police brutality case, a bombing and, of course, countless men tossing dollars in the dim light at nude women gyrating on stage.

Grocery workers revolt to get their CEO back Mass. warehouse employees refuse to make deliveries, emptying shelves Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/money/business/2014/07/26/grocery-workers-revolt-get-ceo-back/13202353/ Workers demonstrate outside a Market Basket supermarket in Chelsea, Mass.

Cashiers and baggers stand idle Thursday July 24, 2014 at a Market Basket supermarket in Concord, N.H. A decades-long family feud, which brought about the ouster of Arthur T. Demoulas as CEO of the privately held company, led to a worker revolt, customer boycotts and empty shelves in the grocery chain's stores in Maine, Massachusetts and New ... (more)

Protesting Market Basket workers returned to their jobs and picket lines outside the 71 stores in the region Thursday morning buoyed by the offer from ousted chief executive Arthur T. Demoulas to buy out his relatives and end the family feud that is roiling one of New England's largest supermarket chains.

SPRINGFIELD - As city officials consider potential reuses of four long-closed fire stations in Springfield , their hopes are boosted by a recent report outlining success stories from around Massachusetts and beyond Fort Point Consulting Inc., of Chelsea, hired for the $20,000 study, details the benefits, challenges and strategies of selling the ... (more)

By Liz Taurasi More rallies are expected Tuesday at all Market Basket locations as employees enter a fifth day of showing their support for ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas.

Tama County Pioneers had many difficulties to contend with, not the least of which was the journey from civilization to their prairie homes.

Front and center at the Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival this year will be three honored Revere veterans, most prominent being Marc Silvestri - a Bronze Star with Valor recipient for heroic acts that saved 31 soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008.

The Market Basket supermarket chain has made good on promises to fire employees who skipped work to attend a rally in support of the former chief executive.

Seventeen elected Massachusetts officials on Saturday called for an immediate boycott of Market Basket supermarkets and announced support for employees and members of the public who have protested the ousting of Arthur T. Demoulas as chief executive.

Some of the state's poorest school districts - already overwhelmed by immigrant children - are bracing for a new wave of Central American kids enrolling this fall that officials fear will further drain limited resources for English-speaking students.

State police say they know who the Chelsea driver of a 2009 Toyota Corolla is who allegedly ran away from the scene of a three-car crash on the Tobin Bridge late this morning that injured five people in two other vehicles.

Chelsea is a city of 37,000 located across the river from Boston. It is now 62 percent Hispanic , having begun to diversify in the 1970s.

ValuePenguin , a consumer finance website, recently ran the numbers to see which Massachusetts communities are paying the most and the least for auto insurance.

Dana DiSantis is a semi-finalist in this year's Kayem Fenway Frank Contest for her "Monstah" hot dog recipe.

Apollinaire Theatre Company's 11th year of offering free bilingual productions on alternating nights in English and Spanish in Chelsea's Mary O'Malley Park features 2 plays about crossing borders, fear of the Others among us, linguistic slight of hand, and finding one's voice in the chaos.

At about 11 a.m., the Revere, Chelsea and Malden fire departments were called in to a second-floor apartment above the Shipwreck Lounge at 55 Revere Beach Blvd. The fire was started by an electrical accident inside the apartment, according to Revere Deputy Fire Chief Michael Viviano.